Question

Working from Home

My family recently had the bright idea that I should spend a day working from home.When I mapped out such a day, I had______working hard in my study, then taking a mid-morning cookie break with the kids, next returning to work, and finally going for a family walk.               

cookie jar

However, during the first hour of my workday at home, I________touched any work. The children kept running into my study and asking me to play with them.Around 10:30 a.m., I decided to take that mid-morning cookie________and then found that there was nothing left in the cookie jar. The kids had eaten them all! I returned to my desk and began writing an e-mail until my wife walked in.

“I need to run to the store. Could you please fix the car battery (电池) for me?”, she said. I mumbled (嘟囔) to myself all the way to the car, did the job, and went back to my desk. Then, my kids started asking for lunch. After telling them over and over again to wait until their mom gets home, I finally put a sign to my door that ________ : Go Ask Someone Else!

And that worked really well. I finally________ to finish writing that e-mail. The house was quiet up to the________that the neighbor called and told me that my children went to ask him for lunch! I told him to send my kids back. Frustrated (懊恼的), I made sandwiches for the kids and myself. Just as I was cleaning up, my wife walked in.

I was so glad that she was back and couldn’t wait to escape. I________for the door to go back to my work. As I sat down at the desk, I realised things were not like what I had imagined. And I also understood how________ it is to take good care of a family.

1.A.suggested B.forgotten C.imagined D.finished

2.A.even B.just C.still D.hardly

3.A.break B.party C.lesson D.walk

4.A.read B.heard C.pronounced D.translated

5.A.offered B.refused C.preferred D.managed

6.A.turn B.point C.time D.number

7.A.paid B.headed C.waited D.searched

8.A.happy B.relaxing C.exciting D.hard

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述作者在家工作中遇到的种种问题，一切都与计划中的不一样，这种经历使作者感受到照顾好一个家庭很辛苦。

1.

句意：当我计划这样的一天时，我已经想象到我先在书房里努力工作，然后在上午10点左右和孩子们一起吃饼干休息一下，然后回去工作，最后一家人出去散步。

suggested建议；forgotten忘记；imagined想象；finished完成。根据四个选项并结合句意可知，这是我在计划这样的一天时想象的安排，还未真实发生，故选C。

2.

句意：然而，在家工作的第一个小时，我几乎什么工作都没干。

even甚至；just仅仅；still仍然；hardly几乎不。根据“However”可知，后文与上文中想象的工作安排不一样，一早上，什么工作都没做，结合选项，只有D符合句意，故选D。

3.

句意：早上10点半左右。我决定在上午10点左右吃饼干休息一下，然后发现饼干罐里什么也没有了。

break休息；party聚会；lesson功课；walk散步。根据上文中文中“then taking a mid-morning cookie break with the kids,”可知，这里是讲上文中重复的内容，前后照应，故选A。

4.

句意：我一遍又一遍地告诉他们要等到他们妈妈回来，最后我在门口挂了个牌子：“去问别人！”。

read读；heard听见；pronounced发音；translated翻译。根据句意，这里指的是牌子上显示的内容，结合四个选项，只有A最符合句意，故选A。

5.

句意：我终于成功地写完了那封电子邮件。

offered提供；refused拒绝；preferred更喜欢；managed设法。manage to do sth.设法做某事且成功了，根据句意，作者最终成功的写完了邮件，故选D。

6.

句意：房子里一直很安静，直到邻居打电话告诉我,我的孩子去问他要午饭吃！

turn转弯；point（特定的）时刻和瞬间；time时间；number数字。这里指的是“直到邻居打电话的时候”这个特定时刻，故B。

7.

句意：我回到书房去工作。

paid花费；headed前进；waited等待；searched搜索。head for朝……方向前进，固定短语，这里指作者朝门走去，回去工作。故选B。

8.

句意：我也理解了照顾好一个家庭是多么辛苦。

happy高兴的；relaxing令人放松的；exciting令人兴奋的；hard辛苦地。根据how修饰副词，且作者在家工作的经历让作者感受到照顾好一个家的辛苦，故选D。